Machine for stamping and delivering transfers.



H; E. CULLY.

MACHINE FOR STAMPING AND DELIVERING TRANSFERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1915,

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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MACHiNE FOR STAMPING AND DELIVERING TRANSFERS.

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HABROD E. CULLY, or DAYTON, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR STAMEPING AN'D DELIVERING TRANSFERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARROD E. CULIZY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Stamping and Delivering Transfers of which the following. is a specification.

' roll of paper; and cause the same to be de-' An object of the invention is to provide a machine preferably adapted for use on street railway cars and the like, and which, when properly operated, will feed into printing 1 similar ofiicer on a street railway or other transportation line and which will feed one end of a roll of previously prepared or stamped paper into printing position, cause the same to be stamped with the date of issuance of the transfer and the time, out the stamped transfer from the body of the livered to the conductor or person for whom the transfer is issued, the various operations of the machine described herein being accomplished by one movement -of the conductor.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this speci fication, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and. in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe machine; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the machine; Fig; 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line3 3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 44 in Fig. 2;Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 isa vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 7 is a face view of one of the transfers.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a casing 10 in which is suitably supported to rotate a paper supply 11 in the nature of a roll, the paper on the rollbein'g in the nature of a continuous strip,'preferably suitably printed, with thename of the street railway company and other. matter,

Specification of Letters Patent.

and being divided into portions which may I be conveniently called transfer portions and which are subsequently adapted to become transfers when the time and date of issuance of the transfer is stamped thereon. Each transfer portion is provided with spaces 12 in which the date and time or some other Patented Mar. 28, 1916. I Application filed March 9, 1915. Serial No. 13,267.

convenient matter can be suitably stamped.

A portion of the paper being unwound from the roll", the same passes upwardly in the casing over a roller 13 therein and then passes around a roller 14 to pass between the roller 14 and a roller 15, said rollers 14: and 15 being suitably journaled in the easing, with the roller 14 preferably afiixed to a shaft 16 which is journaled in the casing.

Suitably mounted within the casing is a bed or frame 17 upon which may be placed a plate 18 and which, if the roll is blank and does not have the name of the company thereon, may have a suitable printing form which will, when the paper is pressed against the same, convey its printing. form or impression to the paper so as to pr nt or form the transfer, it being understood, however, that the transfer can be as shown, with the name of the company printed thereon prior to forming the roll of paper. A platen 19 is supported by suitable arms 20 which are pivoted to the platen and which are pivoted to suitable arms or levers 21 eccentrically pivoted to a disk 22 carried on a shaft 23 journaled in the casing, supporting arms 24 being pivoted to the arms or levers 21 and to a wall of the casing. Now it will be seen that rotation of the disk 23 will result in the platen 19 being advanced toward the bed or frame 17 and the plate 18, if the same ;is mounted upon the bed. At the upper end of the bed there is provided a cutting Inember in the nature .of a horizontal blade 25, the upper end'of the platenbeing rovided with an offset portion 26-for a purpose that Will be hereinafter more fully described. j I

Arranged to operate around suitable rollers 27,- one of which, numbered 28, I will term a main roller, said rollers being journaled in-the casing, is an endless printing ribbon '29 and which passes between the platen and the bed and plate. Now it will be clearly seen that when an end of the strip of paper on the roll, passing. between the rollers 14 and 15. is arranged to pass between the platen'and ribbon, the operation of the platen, and which causes the platen to press a suitable spring 38 being associated .with

against a face of the paper, will press the paper against theprinting form or plate, thus resulting in the impression of the printing form being transferred to the paper.

A series of exteriorly arranged operating knobs 30 are provided for the casing and as mentioned lie exteriorly thereof, the innermost knob having a preferably solid shaft 31 passing through the casing and connecting witha printing disk 32, with the next operating knob having axtubular shaft 33 connecting with a printing'disk 34 within the casing, the solid shaft passing through the hollow shaft so that the turning of one knob will rotate theprinting disk to which its shaft is connected without effecting the other printing disk. The printing form or plate 18 is provided with openings 35 through which the printing disk 34 can-be seen and through which, in fact, the disks will project, so that the form upon the disks will be impressed in the spaces 12 of the pa-' per when the platen 19 is operated to exert pressure on the paper and press it against the rod and supported upon the bottom of the casing in order to return the rod 36 to its initial position when the foot lever has been operated. In order to feed the free end of the strip or roll of paper into position between the platen and printing form there is provided a chain 39 which passes over a sprocket 4O loosely mounted upon the shaft 16, a pawl 41 being mounted on the sprocket and operating over teeth upon a suitable ratchet wheel 42 which is keyed to the shaft 16. One end. of the chain carries a weight 43 and the other end of the chain is connected by means of a cord 44 with an arm 45 connected to the shaft 23, it being understood that the sprocket 40 is of small diameter and that the arm 45 can have a large swinging radius in order that suflicient movement can be, obtained to feed the paper, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The roller 15 is keyed upon the shaft 46 journaled in the casing and the shaft carries a toothed wheel 47 over which operates an endless chain 48 connecting with a toothed wheel 49 carried by a shaft 50 jour-" naled in the casing and supporting the main roller 28 which is in rotating contact with a roller 51 j ournaled in the casing, said roller per passing between the roller 15 and theroller 14, the chain v48 connecting with the toothed wheel 49 will result in rotation of the roller 28 to operate. the endless ribbon andwhich passing between the rollers 28 and 51 will thus be inked, the ink coming from the rollers 52 and 53 which receive the ink from the supply 54.

Assuming that the device is in the'position shown and that the paper has been fed down between the platen and the printing form so that its lower endwilllie in position to pass through a chute 55 extended to 7 form a tray 56 exteriorly of the casing, a downward pressure upon the trip lever resulting in a downward pullupon the rod 36 will rotate the shaft 23 and thus also the disk 22. The rotation of the disk 22 will cause the platen 19-to press against the paper between the platen and the printing form and printing disks so that the impression upon the printing disks and which have been previously rotated to bring the desired date and time into the openings inthe printing forms, will be impressed upon the paper, while at the same time the offset portion 26 of the platen, bearing against the paper, will press the upper end of the paper against the knife blade, thus severlng the paper from' the main body and forming the transfer. When the platen returns to initial position the transfer will slide down the chute 55 on to the tray 56 and is then ready to be handed to the passenger. The rotation of the shaft 23 causes the arm 45 to thus slacking the chain 39. The sprocket 40 will now rotate freely on the shaft due to the weight 43 exerting a downward pull on the outer end of the chain and when the rod 36 is returned to initial position by the spring 38 the opposite rotation of the shaft 23 will exert a downward pull onthe arm 45, thus pulling on the chain 39 and acting upon the .pawl and ratchet mechanismv mentioned so as to impart rotation to the roller 14 and feed a new strip of the paper downwardly between the platen and the printing form, while the platen is returned to initial position.

Thus it will be seen that each time that the foot lever is operated by the conductor a transfer will be stamped, severed from the main body'o'r supply and delivered ex- .teriorly of the casing, while the release of the foot lever will result in a new strip of the paper being fed into position to form a new transfer which, upon a subsequent swing upwardly,

operation'of the foot lever,will be punched or stamped, out from the main body of i supply and delivered to the tray 56. At the same time the ribbon 29 will be continuously inked by the rollers 51, 52 and 53 in the manner mentioned heretofore and which will be suitably rotated due to their con'- tact with the ribbon and which is interposed between the roller 28 and the roller 51, said roller 28 receiving its rotation from the rotation of the roller 15 and which has the toothed wheel 47 rigid on the same shaft 46 connected by a chain 48 to the toothed means 58 and a portion 59 of the casing is preferably made transparent in order that the conductor can see the printing disks and so rotate the operating knobs as to bring the proper printing matter on the disks into the openings in the plate, it being understood, however, that the operating knobs can be suitably marked on their surfaces and will indicate to the conductor the adjustment that is necessary in order that the desired dateand time can be stamped upon the transfer. As mentioned heretofore, the supply of paper can be' either initially formed into transfer portions by having thename of the company and other suitable data printed thereon, leaving blank spaces for the date and time, or the supply can be a blank roll which is to receive all of the printing in the operation of the machine when the plate 18 is used with a printing form thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A machine of.-the class described com-' prising a casing, a pair of rollers journaled interiorly of the casing near the top thereof, a guide roller spaced from the said pair of rollers, a strip roller mounted in the casing near the bottom thereof and vhaving a strip trained over the guide roller and between the pair of rollers, a delivery chute opening through the front of the casing and receiving the strip from between the pair ofrollers, a movable platen located between the chute and the pair of rollers and adaptedto move a stretch of the strip, a stationary' bed arranged'forwardly of the platen, inking means movableiovei' the bed, printing mechanism cooperative Wltll the inking means and'engaged by a strip, a. pair of toggles mounted within the case and acting upon the platen to advance the strip into contact with the printing mechanism, an eccentric mounted between the toggles and having arms eccentrically pivoted thereto and also pivoted with the toggles for operating the same, a connection between the eccentric and one of the pair of rollers forintermittently rotating the same on actuating the toggles, and means for turning the eccentric. I

2., A machine of the class described comprising a casing, a pair of rollers journaled interiorly of the casing near the top thereof,

a guide roller spaced from the said pair of rollers, a strip roller mounted in the casing near the bottom thereof and having a strip trained over the guide roller and between the pair, of rollers, a delivery Qchute opening through the front of the casing and receiving the strip'from between the pair of rollers, a movable platen located between the chute and the pair of rollers and adapted to move a stretch of the strip, a stationary bed arranged forwardly of the platen, inking means movable over the bed, printing mechanism cooperative with the inking means and engaged by the strip, a pair of toggles mounted within the case and acting upon the platen to advancethe strip into contact with the printing mechanism, an eccentric mounted between the toggles and having arms eccentrically pivoted thereto and also pivoted with the toggles for operating the same, a

connection between the eccentric and one of the pair of rollers for intermittently rotating the same on actuating thetoggles, and connections between the printing means and the other roller of the pair for advancing the printing means on the turning of said. roller. v 3. A machine of the class described comprising a casing, a pair of rollers journaled interiorly of the casing near the top thereof, a guide roller spaced from the said pair of rollers, a strip roller mounted in the easing near the bottom thereof and having a strip trained over the guide roller and between the pair of rollers, a delivery chute opening through the front of the casing and receiving the strip from between the pair of rollers, a movable platen located between the chute and the pair-of rollers and adapted. toimove a stretch of the strip, a stationary bed, arranged forwardly of the platen, ink- 'ing means movable over the bed, printing mechanism cooperative with the inking means and engaged by the strip, a pair of toggles mounted within the case and acting upon the platen to advance the strip into contact with the printing mechanism, an ec-' centric mounted between the toggles and having arms eccentrically pivoted thereto and also pivoted with the toggles for operating the same, a connection between the eccentric and one of the pair of vrollers for intermittently rotating the same on actuat ing the toggles, a pull rod peripherally pivoted'to the eccentric formoving thesame to operate the toggles, and a spring member acting upon the pull rod to automatically lift the same for reversing the movement of 130 ing the strip from between the 'pair of roll-' ers, a movable platen located between the chute and the pair of rollers and adapted to move a stretch of the strip, a stationary bed arranged forwardly of the platen. inking means movableoverthbd, printing mechanism cooperative with the inking means and engaged by-lthe strip, a pair of toggles mounted within the case and acting upon the platen to advance the strip into contact with the printing mechanism, an eccentric mounted between the toggles and having arms eccentrically pivoted'theretp and also pivoted with the toggles ,for operating the same, a connection betweenthe eccentric and one of the pair of rollers for intermittently rotating the same on actuating the toggles,

a pull rod peripherally pivoted to the eccentric for moving the same to operate thetoggles, a spring member acting upon the pull rod'to automatically lift the same for reversing the movement of the eccentric to movethe platen away from the bed, and,

manually operable means for changing the printing mechanism.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

Witnesses:

HOWARD J. POLING, J. M. CHASE.

HARROD E. OULLY. 7 

